Film Recipes for Fujifilm Cameras

Film simulation recipe for X-Trans IV with a strong warm colour shift

Here in the UK, the Summer of ’76 was one of the hottest and driest on record. I was a young boy then, but I have memories of the shimmering haze over just about everything, and feeling hot day and night. There were water shortages and the surface of the roads began to melt.

Here’s a glowing warm film recipe, wonderfully salmon toned in the late afternoon light. It’s based on Classic Negative, and has a wild 7, -9 colour shift. I was tempted to use -5 clarity, but I found that -2 was enough to give a gentle hazy summer feel.

Summer of ’76 Film Recipe

• Simulation: Classic Negative
• Grain Effect: Strong, Small
• Colour Chrome Effect: Weak
• Colour Chrome Blue: Weak
• White Balance: Flourescent 3
• WB Shift: +7 Red, -9 Blue
• Dynamic Range: DR400
• Highlights: -2
• Shadows: -2
• Colour: -2
• Sharpness: 0
• ISO Noise Reduction: -4
• Clarity: -2
• EV compensation: 0 to +2/3

For more in this style, see Candy Skies for rich peachy sunsets, and another warm and toasty recipe, Retrocolor Negative.